Feeling Classical

If you wish to weep, listen to
Adagio for Strings by Barber, or
Cantus Arcticus by Rautavaara

If you wish to put your first through a wall (more in excitement than anger), listen to
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner, or
Symphony No. 1 in Cm by Brahms

If you want to psych yourself up for something extraordinary, listen to
Siegfried’s Rhine Journey by Wagner, or
Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland

If you feel the need for speed, especially doing something unpleasant, listen to
Symphony No. 3 in C by Sibelius, or
Siegfried, Prelude to Act III by Wagner

If you need to march men into battle, through overwhelming odds, listen to
Mars, Bringer of War by Holst, or
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Cm by Rachmaninov

If you want to close your eyes and forget this world for a better one, listen to
La Mer by Debussy, or
Florida Suite by Delius

If you’re looking to revel in an banquet of orgiastic proportions, listen to
Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity by Holst

If you’re in love, listen to
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner

If you feel like contemplating the final mysteries of Man and God, listen to
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughn Williams

Feeling Majestic?
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky, Ravel’s orchestration

Playful?
Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens

Epic?
Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov


... And that’s solely the beginning …